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Hey Clinkers, we're back! It's Episode 75 and we're pretty much ready for Christmas. Sometimes, the hunger for bright colorful lights and delicious joy is overpowering.

Basically, we're ready for the holidays -- and Aaron gets into the Christmas vs. Chanukah debate ... again.

Sorry, not sorry.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Netflix will likely cut Kevin Spacey from the final season of “House of Cards.” According to THR, “production has been shut down for two weeks (and potentially longer) to give the staff more time to rework a final season that had been almost completely plotted out.”
• Disney is developing a new live action “Star Wars” TV series for its new streaming service. The service is expected to launch at the end of 2019, so we’ll be waiting for this show for a while.
• Amazon is in talks with Warner Bros TV to possibly develop a “Lord of the Rings” TV show.
• Wentworth Miller will be leaving “Legends of Tomorrow” and “The Flash,” marking the exit of Leonard Snart from the CW superhero shows.
• Amazon has picked up a TV adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book series “The Boys.” Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are executive producers and Eric Kripke has signed on to join them in directing duties on the series. According to AV Club, the comic was “centered on a black-ops team—”The Boys”—who try to stop the corrupt superheroes of the world from abusing their powers.”

I guess this is the point where we talk about Louis CK, now...

AARON’S LOSERS: "Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge" and
"Damnation"
AARON’S FENCERS: "American Horror Story: Cult" and "SMILF"
JACK’S FENCERS: "SMILF," "Damnation" and "The Mayor"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Mindhunter," "Lethal Weapon," "The Exorcist," "30 for 30: Nature Boy" and "South Park: The Fractured But Whole"
JACK’S WINNERS: "The Middle," "The Last Man on Earth," "South Park" and "Stranger Things"

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Welcome to Episode 75.
As always, #ClinktheDrink.

November is here and Jack just got back from his vacation to New Orleans. If you're hoping for a detailed story regarding vampire-themed parties and spooky fun times, well...You're in for a treat.

There is other television stuff to discuss this week aside from "Stranger Things." But you best believe we totally geek out about "Stranger Things" in this episode!

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Netflix is continuing to release ratings info for their series, which includes Stranger Things 2. Roughly 15.8 million viewers tuned in to the Season 2 premiere episode over the weekend. 
• Jordan Peele’s production company, Monkeypaw, is developing a “Twilight Zone” reboot at CBS: All Access.
• After the sexual assault and child abuse allegations hit Kevin Spacey, Netflix has halted production of “House of Cards,” announced Season 6 will be its final season and has begun developing multiple ideas for a spin-off series.
• Comedy Central has announced a new Drunk History Christmas Special, titled, “Drunk History Christmas Special.” It’ll air on Nov. 28 and follow holiday-themed stories like George Washington crossing the Delaware River, Teddy Roosevelt’s ban on Christmas trees at the White House, and a re-enactment of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
• FOX has renewed “The Orville” for a second season.
• Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” will feature the first coming out story for the network. The Season 2 story is being billed as a “journey” that will begin in the show’s one-hour season premiere episode that airs this Friday.

What's coming to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and the like for the month of November? Well, we're glad you asked...(P.S., this is the part of the show where we talk about that stuff.)

AARON’S LOSERS: "The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Michael Jackson’s Halloween Special"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Modern Family" and "Supernatural"
JACK’S FENCERS: "The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special" and "Riverdale"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Great News," "Chance," "The Good Doctor," "American Horror Story: Cult," "Mr. Robot" and "Stranger Things" 
JACK’S WINNERS: "Stranger Things"

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Welcome to Episode 74.
As always, #ClinktheDrink

It's finally here! Halloween week is upon us which means, after this episode airs, DJ SpookNasty and MC Tummy Troubles will go back into hibernation.

In this episode, Aaron shares a few odd experiences he had at horror haunts this past week and, later, he has an intimate chat with "Channel Zero" creator and showrunner, Nick Antosca. Let's get ready to spooooky!

NEWS:

• "The Walking Dead" Season 8 premiere brought in a five-year low in ratings with 11.4 million viewers tuning in. That’s compared to 17 million tuning into the Season 7 premiere.
• Netflix has renewed "Big Mouth" for a second season
• An authorized autobiographical Hunter S. Thompson series, titled "Fear and Loathing," is being developed by "Get Shorty" showrunner Davey Holmes at MGM TV.
• CBS renewed "Star Trek: Discovery" for a second season has canceled "Zoo" after three seasons and is developing a reboot of "Magnum P.I." because, sure.
• The CW has teamed with "Stranger Things" executive producer Shawn Levy for a new haunted house series called, "Epiphany." The series is described as "being in the vein of the works of Stanley Kubrick and Agatha Christie." According to THR, "the drama is a psychological thriller about a group of gifted strangers recruited to a Gilded Age mansion to solve a complex code that lies within the structure's walls."

AARON’S LOSER: "Designated Survivor"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Loudermilk," "Hit the Road," "The Jellies" and "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror"
AARON’S FENCERS: "The Walking Dead"
JACK’S FENCERS: "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World," "Channel Zero: No End House," "Superstition" and "LORE"
AARON’S WINNER: "Patton Oswalt: Annihilation," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "American Horror Story: Cult," "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" and "Too Funny to Fail"
JACK’S WINNERS: "The Mayor," "Bob's Burgers," "Too Funny To Fail" and "Voltron: Legendary Defender"

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Welcome to Episode 73.
As always, #ClinktheDrink

It's the middle of October which means Halloween-times are in full effect. DJ SpookNasty and MC Tummy Troubles are extra loopy this week as Aaron was late to record, due to an incredible advance screening of "Thor: Ragnarok," and Jack was already three drinks in.

Aside from discussing the important topics of the week, they bring back their Movie Corner segment and discuss the awesome horror streaming app all genre fans should check out, AMC's Shudder.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• “Game of Thrones” stars Peter Dinklage and Charles Dance will executive produce “Qausimodo,” a new TV series adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It’s the first drama series to come out of Atrium TV -- which is a new association of international streaming and telecommunication platforms that was launched earlier this year. Meaning, the show will air exclusively to a yet-to-be-named OTT overseas.
• Netflix sorta released some ratings numbers, which it never really does. The streamer says that, on average, more than 8 million viewers have watched at least one season of one series in 24 hours or less. 
• Wyatt Cenac is getting his own late-night show at HBO. The project will be a comedic docuseries where Cenac goes on a “journey to understand some of the big issues of the moment and investigate real-world solutions.” HBO has given the series a 10-episode order and will premiere in the Spring of 2018.
• ABC Freeform has ordered a new docu-series titled, "Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings" which will go behind the scenes of different lavish weddings that take place at Disney destinations around the world.

AARON & JACK’S HORROR MOVIE CORNER:
WHAT AARON WATCHED THIS WEEK - "Happy Death Day"
WHAT JACK WATCHED THIS WEEK - "Ouija: Origin of Evil"

AARON’S LOSERS: "Dynasty," "Supernatural" and MTV’s "TRL"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Dynasty"
AARON’S FENCERS: "The Last Man on Earth" and "Lore"
JACK’S FENCERS: "Channel Zero: No End House," "I Love You, America" and "White Famous"
AARON’S WINNERS: "South Park," "I Love You, America" and "Mindhunter"
JACK’S WINNERS: "DuckTales," "The Shannara Chronicles" and the Youtube Channel, ChrisStuckmann

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Welcome to Episode 72. As always, #ClinktheDrink

In this episode, Jack and Aaron continue their spoopy Halloween shenanigans and, in a change of pace, explore the best horror films streaming on Netflix.

Since this Harvey Weinstein news won't go away for a while, Jack and Aaron get serious for a moment to discuss their involvement with Screen Junkies and the unraveling sexual assault scandal involving Honest Trailers creator, Andy Signore.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Robert Kirkman revealed at NYCC that a character from "The Walking Dead" will appear in a "Fear the Walking Dead" episode.
• "Rick and Morty" is now the number one TV comedy among millennials, averaging 2.5 million viewers per episode.
• Netflix is raising its prices again. The two-stream HD-tier will now be $10.99 a month, with its four-stream family plan increasing to $13.99 a month.
• Finn Jones has signed on for Season 2 of "Luke Cage" which means Danny Rand is coming to Harlem.
• Matt Ryan will reprise his role as Constantine in a two-episode story arc on "Legends of Tomorrow."
• A "Downton Abbey" exhibit is coming to America. “Downton Abbey: The Exhibition” -- which launched in Singapore this summer -- will premiere in New York on Nov. 18. After a limited engagement in midtown Manhattan, the multi-million-dollar exhibition will travel throughout the U.S., with additional cities to be announced. Tickets are available at www.downtonexhibition.com. Prices vary, with adult tickets starting at $30 and children's tickets starting at $15.

HORROR MOVIES WORTH STREAMING ON NETFLIX:

AARON’S WINNERS: "Cult of Chucky," "Gerald’s Game" and "Hellraiser"
AARON’S LOSER: "It Follows"
JACK’S WINNERS: "Don’t Kill It," "Tales of Halloween," "The Babadook," "Wes Craven’s New Nightmare," "Dead Set," "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil," "Hush," "The Host," "Housebound" and "The Craft"
JACK’S LOSERS: We Are Still Here

And now, back to your regularly scheduled TV Losers, Fencers and Winners...

AARON’S LOSERS: "9JKL," "Ghosted," "Neo Yokio" and "American Horror Story: Cult"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Saturday Night Live" and "Ghost Wars"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Will & Grace" and "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World"
JACK’S FENCERS: "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World," "The Orville" and "Valor"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain," "Mr. Robot," "The Exorcist," "Big Mouth" and "The Good Place"
JACK’S WINNERS: "Big Mouth" and "The Good Place"

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Welcome to Episode 71.
As always, #ClinktheDrink

It is officially the Halloween season which means that DJ SpookNasty and MC Tummy Troubles have emerged from their hidey holes to do their bidding.

All alcohol and no sleep make Punch Drunk TV a fun little trainwreck to behold...

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• "SNL" is giving David S. Pumpkins his own Halloween animated special. Tom Hanks will voice the character and the special will air on Saturday, October 28
• Kevin McDonald says Lorne Michaels wants to bring the "Kids in the Hall" back to TV
• Jon Hamm will play archangel Gabriel in Neil Gaiman’s “Good Omens” on Amazon
• Connie Britton will star opposite Angela Bassett and Peter Krause in Ryan Murphy’s new FOX series, “911”
• Hulu added “Home Improvement” & “Boy Meets World” to its TGIF programming lineup.
• All 140 episodes of "Futurama" will begin airing on SYFY on Saturday, Nov. 11. The series will air Mondays & Tuesdays from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., & Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• NBC has renewed Marlon for a Season 2.
• Jerrod Carmichael signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century TV -- the company that produced “The Carmichael Show.” He’ll be developing new projects for the company, with the possibility of starring as well.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which TV-themed character would make a great Halloween costume?

AARON’S LOSERS: "Ghosted" and "Will & Grace"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Wisdom of the Crowd," "Will & Grace" and "The Inhumans"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Saturday Night Live" and "American Horror Story: Cult"
JACK’S FENCERS: "Neo Yokio"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Ten Days in the Valley," "Big Mouth," "Rick and Morty," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Long Shot," "Last Man on Earth" and "The Exorcist"
JACK’S WINNERS: "The Gifted," "Ten Days In the Valley," "Rick and Morty," "Big Mouth" and "Channel Zero: No End House"

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Ring the alarms and sound the sirens, it's Part 2 of our extra-special long episode with the one and only Coy Jandreau from Marvel Movie News. 

A whole bunch of TV show have returned for the fall season and, while we haven't even begun to crack them all, Coy joins us on the mission to delve into all the shows that have suddenly returned.

Oh, and in case you didn't know, Mr. Coy Jandreau is the biggest Lethal Weapon fan on the friggin' planet...

AARON’S LOSERS: "Zoo" and "The Good Doctor"
JACK’S LOSERS: "Me, Myself & I"
COY’S LOSERS: "Young Sheldon" and "The Big Bang Theory"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Young Sheldon," "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper" and "Star Trek: Discovery"
JACK’S FENCERS: "Star Trek: Discovery," "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper," "Gotham" and "Neo Yokio"
COY’S FENCERS: "F is for Family" and "BoJack Horseman"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Lethal Weapon," "The Good Place" and "The Orville"
JACK’S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "BoJack Horseman," "The Orville," "Young Sheldon," "Lethal Weapon" and "Broad City"
COY’S WINNERS: "Stranger Things," "Atlanta," "Taboo," "This is Us" and "Lethal Weapon"

Thanks for sticking with us during this marathon of TV-inspired madness, you guys!

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Hey Clinkers, it turns out Episode 69 was such a special endeavor on our parts that we had to break the thing up into two parts! So, you're welcome.

For the first time in Punch Drunk TV history, we brought a guest on (aside from our lovely wives) to join us in the television chaos. And for you old school Pass the Effin' Remote listeners, you know what that means: It's the return of Jack's favorite game segment, Guess the Premise! 

Coy Jandreau from Marvel Movie News and many acting things joins us, mostly to geek out about comic book things and spread some Lethal Weapon love. But as one would expect things get nutty pretty quickly...

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• “The Walking Dead” is now allowed to say “fuck.” That’s right! AMC has buckled and will allow two instances of the f-word each season of “The Walking Dead,” as well as “Fear the Walking Dead.”
• HBO has officially ordered Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen” series.
• Joe and Anthony Russo are turning the Image Comics’ series “Deadly Class” into a TV show at Syfy. The story is a “coming of age journey set against the backdrop of late-’80s counterculture and follows a teen who gets recruited into a high school for assassins."
• David Cronenberg's “Scanners” is being turned into a TV show. Lionsgate, Paramount and Skydance are all currently fighting to get the series.
• Spike has canceled “The Mist” after one season.
• The final six episodes of “Game of Thrones” will cost $15-million dollars each to make.
• Apple TV is in the process of acquiring new original series to rival Hulu, Netflix and Amazon. One of the projects they have put a bid on is a modern version of Stephen Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories." If done right, it could be a huge win for the platform.

THE RETURN OF GUESS THE PREMISE: 
Coy and Jack pitched new ideas for FOX's "The Nice Girls," Showtime's "Kidding," Hulu's "Dawn," Gaumont Television's Stephen King adaptation, "8" and Lifetime's "A Midsummer's Nightmare"

Spoiler: Coy won...

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NEWS:

• David Lynch told EW in an interview that he’d be open to another season of “Twin Peaks” but it wouldn’t see the light of day for another four years if it happened.
• Comedy Central has renewed Trevor Noah’s contract as host of "The Daily Show" through to 2022
• FOX is developing a TV reboot of the movie “True Lies” based on the 1994 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. “Arrow” executive producer Marc Guggenheim will pen the script, which is said to be “a modern version of the story about how a suburban couple adjusts when one of them is revealed to be a spy.” McG and James Cameron are on as executive producers.
• Entertainment One and Israel-based production company Armoza Formats are developing an American version of their reality show, “Sex Tape,” which will “feature one-hour episodes in which three couples shoot their own sex lives for an entire week. Then they meet with a relationship expert and the other couples to view the footage and confront truths about one another.”

AARON’S LOSERS: "The Strain"
JACK’S LOSERS: "The Orville"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Broad City," "American Horror Story: Cult" and "Rick and Morty"
JACK’S FENCERS: "The Emmys," "Apollo Gauntlet" and "Rick and Morty"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Channel Zero: No-End House," "South Park," "Vice Principals" and "American Vandal"
JACK’S WINNERS: "Broad City," "Master of None," "American Vandal," "The Deuce" and "Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories"

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We're on the verge of the most wonderful time of the year -- spooky season is almost upon us! With that said, we tackle a very serious topic in Episode 67: What is horror? 

Seriously, since everyone is debating whether "It" is a horror film, we dive into the meaning of the word and what types of horror entertainment we really find scary. Turns out Dan Aykroyd from "The Twilight Zone Movie" scarred Jack and me as children. Who'd have thought?

NEWS:

• 8.6 million viewers tuned into Seth McFarlane’s “The Orville” on Sunday.
• AMC renewed "Ride with Norman Reedus" for a 3rd season before the Season 2’s Nov. 5 premiere. 
• George R.R. Martin's "Nightflyers" has been picked up by Syfy. The series is “set in the future on the eve of Earth's destruction and follows a crew of explorers who journey on the most advanced ship in the galaxy, the Nightflyer, to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft that might hold the key to their survival. As the crew nears their destination, they discover that the ship’s artificial intelligence and never-seen captain may be steering them into deadly and unspeakable horrors deep in the dark reaches of space.”
• Netflix is keeping fans in the dark regarding the premiere date for “The Punisher.” Instead of being exact, a recent press release promoting the series had the premiere date redacted from the email. Marvel will bring the show to NY Comic Con in October, so it’ll probably hit the streaming service soon after.
• HISTORY has ordered a sixth season of “Vikings.” The 20-episode season will begin shooting this fall. Season 5 will have a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
• Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against FX and Ryan Murphy for her depiction in “Feud” has moved forward. The defamation lawsuit will begin on Nov. 27.
• Phil Lord and Chris Miller have moved back to TV after being fired from the Han Solo movie. They are developing a series at ABC titled “We Can Do Better.” It’s about a “newly ‘woke’ soccer mom who must navigate life in the south as a parent, wife, American citizen, and daughter of hardcore conservative parents.” The pilot script was written by “Community” and “Last Man on Earth” alum, Liz Cackowski.

With the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards airing this weekend, we dig into some of our predictions. Who do you think should win?

AARON’S LOSERS: "Preacher" and "The Orville"
JACK’S LOSERS: "According to Chrisley" and "The Orville"
AARON’S FENCERS: "Fear the Walking Dead" and "American Horror Story: Cult"
JACK’S FENCERS: "I Am Frankie"
AARON’S WINNERS: "Top of the Lake: China Girl," "Insecure," "Bojack Horseman" and "Rick and Morty"
JACK’S WINNERS: "Rick and Morty," "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," "Room 104," "The Mayor" and "The Tick"

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